lindajpetrosgouin said:
maybe my mother isnt worng at all! I should watch it with her
blackcat said:
Years ago I had to sue my cousin's husband for lack of payment for services. I filed originally in his county. Shortly after I filed, I received a letter from The People's Court asking if I would like to persue this on their show. I declined but I did end up getting my payment finally from him through small claims in Maplewood. I think they go through court docs and see what would be juicy for their shows.
blackcat said:
Years ago I had to sue my cousin's husband for lack of payment for services. I filed originally in his county. Shortly after I filed, I received a letter from The People's Court asking if I would like to persue this on their show. I declined but I did end up getting my payment finally from him through small claims in Maplewood. I think they go through court docs and see what would be juicy for their shows.
marylago said:
lindajpetrosgouin said:
maybe my mother isnt worng at all! I should watch it with her
Of course your mom isn't wrong! :-D
LOST said:
blackcat said:
Years ago I had to sue my cousin's husband for lack of payment for services. I filed originally in his county. Shortly after I filed, I received a letter from The People's Court asking if I would like to persue this on their show. I declined but I did end up getting my payment finally from him through small claims in Maplewood. I think they go through court docs and see what would be juicy for their shows.
Small Claims Court is part of the State Superior Court system. You would have to have gone to Court in Newark, not Maplewood.
lizziecat said:
Judge Judy and I were in the same bunk at camp when we were both 14. She was pretty much the same then as she is now. We have not kept in contact.
lizziecat said:
Judge Judy and I were in the same bunk at camp when we were both 14. She was pretty much the same then as she is now. We have not kept in contact.
ace789nj said:
I'm still confused with this posting. Firstly, the title is misleading as there is no such thing as a house robbery. homes don't get robbed, people get robbed. Homes are burglarized or stolen from. Secondly, the OP is not clear as to the circumstances.
oh opps, until reading this correction I didnt know the difference.
I know the person who did this.... said person came onto my property and stole tools from my garage. Important to note that my garage is only acceptable through the house, or over a six foot fence. To get to the garage one must either break through a locked and chained gate, break into my house and go through my kitchen door out to the back, or jump a six foot fence.
The main points for me:
The person admitted, in front of the prosecutor, that he was last on my property in late October. He came with my permission to retrieve one of his belongings. No harm, no foul here.
He also admitted he was in possession of (only one of) my tools. As for the rest, he claims ignorance.
I have witnesses who are willing to testify to the fact that my tools were in my garage in November. Another handy man used them, my son used them and a family friend used them. each willing to submit a signed sworn statement and/or to speak in court.
So, I’m begging the question, how did he get them? Prosecutor in Maplewood thinks that is irrelevant as long as I got the one tool back that he admitted to having.
The prosecutor point blank refused to look at any documents I had. Flat out refused to hear witnesses. I had receipts, emails, printed out text messages, etc. I came thoughtfully prepared. She said that because I knew him it would be too hard to prosecute. She said that because I was cordial to his mother (she came with him) that was a sign to her that he need not be prosecuted. Sounds unreal, right? Totally freaking was!!! It was the damn twilight zone! PS I told his mama that she was doing him a gross injustice to continually turn a blind eye when he did wrong. And that I know she knows damn well that he did wrong here. She teared up but said nothing.
So, back to my lesson, in Maplewood, if you steal from someone you know but give a least some of it back then nothing will happen to you. Crappy lesson to learn.
At the end of court, a police officer walked out to the car with us so he could witness the one item being retuned and after the exchange and after the officer waked away, this person who stole from me said to me, with chest puffed up, "HA! You and that stupid bitch, I told you nothing would happen to me!" I suppose he meant the prosecutor...
My fear is this... the Maplewood court sent the message that what he did is perfectly fine. There are absolutely no consequences for coming into my yard / my garage / my home without permission. Which means, he will likely do something *****ty like this again. I say that with confidence because my complaint against him is only one of three in our town...
Frank said:
Oy.
sprout said:
My interpretation is that you are trying to pursue this through the wrong court. Go through small claims to try to get your tools back -- that seems to be the court that takes care of these types of 'you have my stuff' disputes.
For municipal court, my interpretation is that you need to charge him with a crime like burglary, and have proof that you were in fact burglarized. They seem to be saying your proof is not there. (If you didn't file a police report of a burglary after it happened, you may not be able to charge him.) Even if you can charge him with burglary, this may be the court that can sentence him... but probably still will not deal with getting your stuff back.
lindajpetrosgouin said:
ahhh, my mother warned me about the person who stole from me, had a bad feeling from the day one! even in my fourties I should take my mom's advice!
lindajpetrosgouin said:
sprout, yes, I filed a report. but the fact that i know the person who stiole the items made it difficult to prosecute, hence they tossed it out.
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